Saturday, February 10, 2024
Jon kindly visited me at my home when I was recovering from smoke inhalation due to a fire in E Building. When he pulled into my driveway, the first thing he did was to lift his car trunk and open a cage. Ot of the cage charged a young possum, who literally high-tailed it across my street and into my neighbor’s property, never to be seen again. He said something about a Buddhist Moment and we never discussed it again. Jon was proud of his freeing of captive animals. I believe he took credit for introducing Italian Stone Lizards into local open spaces. He regularly brought exotic tropical fish back from Florida, to re-captivate them. Jon was a lover of Nature and living things. He had a kind heart. I will miss him deeply.
